MLB Player News

Carpenter (illness) isn't starting Tuesday's game against the Mariners.

Carpenter is in line to miss his fifth consecutive matchup, and it was revealed Sunday that he's been battling a stomach bug. He'll continue to be considered day-to-day until further notice. Yairo Munoz will lead off and start at the hot corner in Carpenter's absence.

Reed was designated for assignment by the Astros on Tuesday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

Once a very highly-rated prospect, the 26-year-old owns an ugly .153/.253/.244 slash line in 48 career big-league games. Only three of those games have come in the last three seasons. Another organization could take a chance on Reed in hopes that he could recapture some of what made him an exciting prospect years ago, but his 90 wRC+ for Triple-A Round Rock this year certainly doesn't help his case. He'll make way on the 40-man roster for Jose Urquidy, whose contract was selected in a corresponding move.

Turner isn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks.

Turner will receive another day of rest, as he sat out of Sunday's matchup before a scheduled off day Monday. Edwin Rios draws the start at the hot corner and is batting seventh with Turner out of the mix.

Winker is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.

Despite going 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 8-6 loss in the series opener, Winker will find himself on the bench as the Reds oppose a right-handed starter (Chase Anderson). Considering Yasiel Puig received Monday off, manager David Bell may just be looking to keep some of the Reds' bench players involved now that Scooter Gennett's recent return from the injured list leaves one less spot available in the lineup. With Winker sitting Tuesday, Phillip Ervin will check into left field.

The Yankees recalled Ford from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday.

Ford will make his second sojourn to the big leagues this season while the Yankees wait for Luke Voit (abdomen) to return from the 10-day injured list. Though Voit's shutdown opens up first base on a regular basis, the Yankees are expected to get by with either Edwin Encarnacion or DJ LeMahieu as their primary option at the position in the interim. As a result, Ford projects to see limited usage as a bench bat and occasional starter during his latest stint in New York.

Choi went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI singles, a walk and a run in a win over the Orioles on Monday.

Choi, along with Kevin Kiermaier and Avisail Garcia, proved to be a constant thorn in the side of Orioles pitching from the heart of the order. The 28-year-old South Korean snapped out of a modest funk at the plate with Monday's multi-hit effort, his first since June 14. Choi had gone 2-for-15 over the last five games of June.

Dickerson isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Padres, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.

Dickerson will head to the bench for the second straight day with a lefty taking the mound for San Diego. Tyler Austin draws the start in left field and is batting third with Dickerson out of the mix.

Ohtani is out of the lineup for Monday's game at Texas.

Ohtani started the last six games after essentially sitting out a series in a National League park and went 10-for-22 with three homers in that stretch. The Rangers have left-hander Mike Minor on the mound Monday, so the Angels decided it's a good time for an off day. Mike Trout will serve as the designated hitter while Brian Goodwin starts in center field.

Belt went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-4 win over Arizona.

Belt has been operating as the club's leadoff man against righties this past week, and he moved down to second in the order against a southpaw Sunday. Part of the move to the top of the order was based on a lack of better on-base options, but it may have had something to do with the first baseman's mid-June power drought (.204 slugging percentage over last 15 games). Belt's power tends to come in bunches, so if he starts putting a charge into the ball again, then a move back to the middle of the order wouldn't be surprising.

Harper went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, four RBI and an additional run in Sunday's 13-6 win over the Marlins.

Each of Harper's three hits -- his most since May 30 -- plated a run and allowed the Phillies to avoid a series sweep at the hands of the last-place Marlins. He capped his afternoon with the two-run blast in the eighth inning, leaving him one home run and one hit shy of 200 and 1,000, respectively, for his career.